Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 11/16] netkit: Implement rtnl_link_ops->alloc and ndo_queue_create

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:19:03 -0800

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:28:25 +0100 Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> +	if (netif_running(dev))
> +		netif_carrier_off(dev);
> +	err = netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(dev, rxq_count_new);
> +	if (netif_running(dev))
> +		netif_carrier_on(dev);

Why do we need to flap the carrier?
(If there's a reason perhaps add a comment?)